Tilting seat for vehicles.



No. 628,979. Patented luly l8, I899. a. EYER, In.

TILTING SEAT FOB VEHICLES.

(Application med Max. 4, 1899.) N o M o (1 al w/nvzsm; INVENTOR A Ira/Mrs.

NMED STATES PATENT .QFFICE;

GEORGE EY ER, JR, OF LYONS, NEYV YORK.

TILTING SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 628,979, dated. July 18, 1899.

A plicatio fil d March 4, 1899. Serial No. 707,749. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE EYER, J r., of Lyons, in the county of Wayne, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tilting Seats for Vehicles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to tilting seats for mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements.

My object is to produce a seat adapted to be tilted, as when a machine is working on a side-hil1,in order that the driver may more readily retain his seat, the tilting bringing the seat into a horizontal plane, comprising a suitable support, a seat-shaft journaled therein, a lever mounted upon said shaft in front of the rider and suitably engaging with the support, whereby the seat is securely supported in any position and can be shifted at any time by either hand, said lever standing in front of the rider and between his legs and operating also to aid him in keeping his seat and preventing him from being thrown off.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a top plan of the device ready to be mounted upon a machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is avertical transverse section thereof.

A is a suitable base having standards 2, in which a rock-shaft 3 is suitablyj ournaled, and

4 is a seat secured upon said shaft. Upon the front end of the shaft a shifting lever 5 is secured, the locking-pin 6 being adapted to engage with the recesses or holes 7 upon the front of the upright. This lever is directly in front of the rider, can be operated by him with either hand to tilt the seat in either direction, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, according to the incline of the machine, to keep the seat horizontal, rises between the legs of the rider and aids in holding him on the machine, and can be grasped at any time for that purpose.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A tilting seat for a vehicle, comprising a support consisting of a base and standards thereon, a rock-shaft j ournaled in said stand ards', a seat secured upon said shaft, and a shifting lever secured upon said shaft in front of the rider, where it can be operated by either hand to tilt the'seat, and having a locking pin engaging with recesses in the front of said standard whereby the seat is supported steady in whatever position it may be, combined and operating together, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of January, 1899.

GEORGE EYER, J R. Witnesses HENRY M. WARNCKE, SAMUEL EYER. 

